Towel rail



April 25, 1933. L.' JE'NKlNSON 1,905,938

TOWEL RAIL Filed March i?, 1931 @l :nu l l eme Fatentecl pr. .25,

UNITED STATES LOUIS JENKINSON, OF AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND TOWEL RAILApplication filed March 17, 1931, Serial No. 523,369, and in New ZealandJanuary 26, 1931.

This invention has been devised with the object of providing a simpleand cheap construction of towel rail suitable for attachment to a wallsurface and useful as a iitting for bathrooms, lavatories and likeplaces, for

the hanging of towels thereon.

The invention comprises a novel form of rail, and the combinationtherewith of brackets of special design whereby the rail may be fixed tothe wall surface and held at the requisite distance away from suchsurface to permit of the towels being hung across it and free fromcontact with the wall. l

This combination is shown in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure lis a front elevation of the rail and its brackets.

Figure 2 is an end elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a rear elevation, on an enlarged scale, of one end of thecomplete rail.

Figure 4 is a cross sectional end elevation thereof on the line 4 4. ofFigure 3.

Figure 5 is a plan thereof. In this invention, the rail proper is formedby a flat strip A of sheet metal of suitable nature, that has each ofits two edges bent rearwardly in a rounded curve, as at B, and thenextended within the curve in a line parallel with the main part of thestrip. These o rearwardly curved edges therefore form springy clipsbetween them and the main portion. The rail thus made may be of anydesired length and of any approved depth or width from top to bottom.

The supporting bracket for each end of the rail so made is made of flatcross section and shaped of goose neck form in plan, to provide a fasciamember C, having apertures c to receive fastening screws, an outwardlyprojecting double springy member D, of the required length, and an outercarrying member E extending at right angles from the member D. Suchmember E is made of a depth such that it is adapted when inserted in oneend of the rail, to extend into both curves B of the rail at itsrespective edges and to be clipped therein.

To fix the rail in position, a bracket is placed within each end thereofby passing O the carrying member E into the end as far as it will go.The brackets are then screwed to the wall surface, the rail being thusheld parallel with the wall and at a distance away from it correspondingwith the length of the bracket members D. The curved upper edge l of therail then forms a rest across which the towels may be hung, its curvednature, and also the curving of the lower edge, obviating any liabilityof damage to the towels.

' l. A. towel holder, comprising a rail made from a length of flat sheetmetal shaped to curve rearwardly along its two edges, the edges beingspaced from both the curved p0rt tions and the straight portion in orderto i provide a resilient support for a towel or similar article, andsupporting wall brackets for each end of the rail, said wall bracketsbeine of goose-neck form to provide a fascia mem er adapted to vbefastened to a wall, a 70, carrying member shaped to fit within the railbetween the edges and the fiat portion, and a forwardly ared doublespring member connecting the fascia member and the carrying member, saiddouble spring member serving to limit the degree of insertion of thecarrying member into the space between the edges and fiat portion of therail.

2. A towel holder, comprising a rail made from a length of flat sheetmetal shaped to curve rearwardly along its two edges, the edges beingspaced from both the curved portions and the straight portion in orderto provide a resilient support for a towel or similar article,supporting wall brackets for each end '95 of the rail, said wallbrackets having rail engaging elements adapted to be received in theends of the rail between the curved edges and the straight portionthereof, and gooseneck bends in the brackets adjacent the rail 90engaging elements to limit the insertion of said elements into the rail.

In testimony whereof, I aiix my signature.

LOUIS J ENKINSON.

